. >> for me, the taliban is on the inside of the building. >> raising questions about whether the vice president was passing blame for the terror attack that killed four americans. >> basically, the buck stops with the state department on security. it doesn't stop at the white house? >> made for television phrasing, ed, but the fact of the matter -- >> state department. president can't deal with basically he doesn't make those assessments? >> when it comes to the number of personnel in place at consulates, and embassies and other diplomatic facilities around the world the decisions are appropriately made at the state department. >> biden pointed the finger at intelligence officials over the confusion whether anti-muslim video sparked the attack. >> that was the assessment. as the intelligence changed their view we made it clear they changed their view. >> today, two top bush officials general michael ha hayden and michael chertoff blasted away in joint statement. "it is clear that any failure was not on the part of the intelligence community but on the part of white house decision-make